Historic Map : Mitchell Map of Florida (w/Mobile, Alabama Inset), 1867, Vintage Wall Art

This hand colored antique map of Florida is a lithographic engraving dating to 1867 by the important American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell, the younger. Map features a large inset of Mobile Alabama, indicating streets and important buildings. Florida itself is shown in considerable detail with interesting references such as 'Indian Hunting Grounds' and 'Mangrove Woods.' Features the vine motif border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1865-80 period. Prepared for inclusion as plate 37 in the 1867 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas. Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'